If you listen to Karen singing and close your eyes it sounds like she right behind you singing to your soul. Here is Karen Carpenter singing Rainy Days and Mondays (which is my favourite) live at the BBC in 1971.Īnd here is one of the songs on Karen’s solo album that was never completed and was realesed after her death. The best way for me to tell you why I love Karen Carpenter and her music so much is to show you! Why Karen Carpenter is one of my favourite singers? Karen suffered from anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder and a serious mental illness, for all of her musical career and her death was caused by complications of the illness. She was about to launch a solo singing career before her death. They toured extensively and broke the record for the highest grossing tour in Britian. Their first international hit was “(They long to be) Close to you” which climbed to #2 in the American Billboard Top 100 in May 1970. Together The Carpenters created a whole new sound, the started to get popular between the eras of The Beatles and the singer-songwriters of the 70’s. ![]() She was part of the pop duo The Carpenters with her brother for most of her musical career but also played in several bands (usually including her brother) playing the drums. Karen Carpenter was a drummer and an American pop singer in the 60s, 70s and 80s before her extremely tragic death in 1983 aged 32. I looked through the previous music posts and I cannot believe I have not talked about Karen Carpenter before! My favourite musicians change all the time, and right now The Carpenters (a duo of Karen and her brother) are my favourite and my favourite composer is Telemann.
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